On Thursday 10 November 2011 21:56:39 SSzretter wrote: > I am wondering if it's possible already, or how difficult it might be to > change the code for backuppc to allow it to skip a machine if it is not in > a certain subnet mask. > > In my network, I have multiple sites. Some of the sites have slow T1 > connections between them, so I have backuppc servers at them to back up > directly on the LAN. > > This works great, but some of the machines (windows) are laptops, and > people sometimes bring the laptop to another location. > > All these locations are tied together, so backuppc can still see (ping) the > laptop even though it's in another building. > > The only real difference is that machine will pick up a dhcp address for > that building. The address will be in a different subnet, for example, > 192.168.2.x instead of 192.168.1.x. > > It would be great if a flag could be set to tell backuppc to only backup a > machine if it is in a specific subnet range (192.168.2.x) and to skip it if > not. > > Is this already possible, or where might a change be made in the code for > something like that?
Three things I immediately think about: - Don't use hostnames, use IP-addresses. If you still want the names in the config (and/or don't move the existing directories), set the ip in the ClientNameAlias. - If the ping to the remote sites is longer then the local ping, reduce the PingMaxMsec for these hosts. - Replace the call to ping for these host with a command involving the correct ip instead of $host. Have fun, Arnold
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